Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press

Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

Stories By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press

Results
/ 4 months ago

Weekly scoreboard: Feb. 23-March 1, 2026

Sunday, March 1 BOYS HOCKEY Farmington Valley 4, Newington co-op 0 Saturday, Feb. 28 WRESTLING State Open championships BOYS: Xavier 218½,...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Girls Basketball
/ 5 months ago

Canton’s Ruby Theberge surpasses 1,000 career points

Canton High junior Ruby Theberge has become the eighth girl in school history to score more than 1,000 points in her...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Results
/ 5 months ago

Weekly scoreboard: Feb. 16-22, 2026

Saturday, February 21 GIRLS BASKETBALL Canton 63, Wilbur Cross 37 BOYS HOCKEY Farmington Valley 2, Bethel co-op 0 Rocky Hill co-op...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
News
/ 5 months ago

Simsbury Hall of Fame family adds more outstanding athletes, coaches

SIMSBURY – The sense of family was overwhelming at the most recent Simsbury High Hall of Fame induction banquet at the...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Wrestling
/ 5 months ago

Houle wins first New England championship at Northfield

Collinsville’s Colby Houle, a junior at Northfield Mt. Hermon in Gill, Massachusetts, won his first New England Prep School championship Saturday...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Wrestling
/ 5 months ago

With four champions, Canton wins second straight NCCC championship

The Canton High wrestling team is a group not afraid of working hard during the season and in the offseason. “I...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Results
/ 5 months ago

Weekly scoreboard: Feb. 9-15, 2026

Saturday, Feb. 14 BOYS BASKETBALL Canton 58, Coventry 47 GIRLS BASKETBALL Canton 53, Haddam-Killingworth 35 WRESTLING NCCC Tournament: Canton 199, Suffield/Windsor...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Boys Basketball
/ 5 months ago

Avon wins a close one after battling with Canton, 57-52

CANTON, Feb. 12, 2026 – Close games have been hard to find for the Avon High boys basketball team this season...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Results
/ 5 months ago

Weekly scoreboard: Feb. 2-8, 2026

Sunday, Feb. 8 WRESTLING Canton 48, Griswold/Wheeler 21 Canton 57, Northwestern 17 Griswold/Wheeler 45, Northwestern 30 Of note: Match was rescheduled...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
Boys Basketball
/ 5 months ago

Canton holds off Housatonic to secure fifth win

CANTON, Feb. 4, 2026 – Brayden Keefe had 19 points while Jaiden Diaz had 14 points as the Canton High boys...

By Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press